Sarah Evers Conrad reviews more common infectious and noninfectious causes of equine abortion. Abortion can be a devastating emotional and financial blow to a horse owner. To add insult, pathogens frequently cause abortion storms in facilities containing multiple mares.
Source: The Horse, January 15, 2019. Link. Understanding the cause of an abortion can help breeders and veterinarians manage the mare going forward for future successful pregnancies.
Always submit the fetal membranes for evaluation as part of a necropsy. The fetus is not enough,” Patricia Sertich, DVM adds, “because cord torsion, ascending placentitis, hematogenous placentitis, fungal placentitis, and twins are all evident in the fetal membranes.”
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